This is for the first time an Indian airport has made it to the list of the top 10 busiest airports. Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport has been ranked among the ninth busiest airport in the world. It has also been raked busiest airport in India, according to the Airport Council of India. According to the data shared by the Airport Council of India, in the year 2022, the Delhi airport saw as many as 5.9 crore passengers which made it from the 17th position in pre-covid 2019 to ninth position as the busiest airport. Meanwhile, Indias second busiest airport, Mumbai Airport saw 3.8 crore passengers in 2022 compared with 4.7 crores in 2019. The top 10 airports last year included one each from the Gulf, UK, Europe, South, and West Asia, and five from the US. The sole Asian hub on the list was Delhi. No hub in China was even close to pre-Covid levels due to ongoing travel restrictions.The Airport Council of India further expects global passenger traffic to reach 92 percent of 2019 levels in 2023. It says that a full recovery to 2019 levels isnt expected until 2024. With 93.7 million passengers, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) continued to be the busiest airport globally according to the 2022 rankings. The airports in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, respectively, came in second and third after this.Notably, this is for the first time in several years that China has not made it to the top 10 busiest list. Here is the list of the top 10 busiest airports in the world:Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Georgia (ATL): 93.7 million passengers up 23.8 percent from 2021Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (DFW): 73.4 million passengers up 17.5 percent from 2021Denver, Colorado (DEN): 69.3 million passengers up 17.8 percent from 2021Chicago OHare, Illinois (ORD): 68.3 million passengers up 26.5 percent from 2021Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB): 66.1 million passengers up 127 percent from 2021Los Angeles, California (LAX): 65.9 million passengers up 37.3 percent from 2021Istanbul, Turkey (IST): 64.3 million passengers up 73.8 percent from 2021London Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR): 61.6 million passengers up 217.7 percent from 2021Delhi, India (DEL): 59.5 million passengers up 60.2 percent from 2021Paris Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG): 57.5 million passengers up 119.4 percent from 2021It is noteworthy, that Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world but Dubai is among the busiest International airport.The results for the busiest international airports have also been shared. Which, Dubai International Airport has retained the first position. It received 66.06 million travellers, a 127 percent increase versus 2021 levels. Here is the list of the top 10 busiest international airports:Dubai, AELondon, GBAmsterdam, NLParis, FRIstanbul, TRFrankfurt, DEMadrid, ESDoha, QASingapore, SGLondon, GBACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said, “The new top 10 busiest airports for passenger traffic reflects the resilience of the airport and aviation industry and the eagerness of passengers to travel by air. While US airport hubs were able to recover quicker due to their strong domestic market, we are now witnessing global hubs joining the upper ranks, including Dubai, Istanbul, and London Heathrow Airport. While we continue to march forward cautiously amidst multiple headwinds that could impact the speed and magnitude of global air traffic recovery, the latest rankings represent an important milestone in reaching pre-pandemic levels. The re-opening of China, the second largest aviation market after the US, is now expected to bring an overall gain, both domestically and for international travel.”
